Northminster Preschool mostly follows the San Diego Unified School District holiday and closure schedule. Our first day of the Fall program begins the Tuesday after Labor Day and concludes the first week of June. We have a short 5 or 6 week Summer program and then we are closed the entire month of August. Please check out our calendar for a more accurate schedule.

Hours for Fall: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Tuition Fees:

Half day hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

5 Half Days: $595/month

3 Half Days: $389/month

2 Half Days: $292/month

Full Time Hours: 7:30am-5:00pm

Full time 2 days: $531/month

Full Time 3 days: $746month

Full time-5 days: $1115/month

If you need something in between part-time and full-time we offer a contract price based on hours needed. Please contact the office for pricing.

Non-refundable registration fee of $125 ($100 for military)

Early Morning Drop-off, Lunch Bunch and Extended care cost: $7/hour

For our older students we strongly recommend a 4 or 5 day program to ease the transition into kindergarten the following year.

We offer a 10% discount for the concurrently enrolled younger siblings tuition.

We offer a 10% discount to all active military families.

This is an example of a typical day at our preschool.

7:30-9:00am- Before Care on the Playground

9:00am- Classes Start

9:15am- Opening circle time

9:30am- Instructional time or outdoor time

10:30am- Snack time

10:45am- Instructional or outdoor time switch

11:45am- Closing Circle time

12:00pm- Half day parent pick-up

(At this point we split up our 2 & 3 year olds classes from our 4 & 5 year olds classes)

Younger Students (Rooms A, B and 1)

12:00pm- Lunch in the Backyard

12:20pm- Free choice play

1:00pm- Story time

1:10-3:15pm-Nap time (Room 1)

3:15pm- Wake up! Potty and check diapers.

3:30pm- Snack time

4:00pm- 5:00pm- Free choice in the after-care classroom (Room 1)

Older Students (Rooms 2, 3 and 4)

Lunch at the picnic tables on the large playground

12:20pm- Free play on the playground

1:00pm Story time

1:10pm- Group activity outdoors for the 4 & 5 year olds

2:00-3:30pm- Nap time for the 4 & 5 year olds (Room 4)

3:30pm- Afternoon snack

4:00-5:00pm- Free choice in the after-care classroom (Room 1)

If you pick up your child between 4:00 and 5:00pm please pick them up in Room 1.